Homme 188, 2020
Oil and acrylic on linen, 122 x 92 cm
SOLD
Homme 212, 2021
Oil and acrylic on linen, 122 x 92 cm
SOLD
Homme 203, 2020
Oil and acrylic on wood panel, 25 x 25 cm
SOLD
A Dream of Innocence, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152 cm
SOLD
Alone Together, 2020
Oil on linen, 155 x 122 cm
$15,000
Finalist, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, 2020
AVAILABLE
Meg, Amos and Art, 2019
oil on plaster on canvas, 213.5 x 137.5 cm
$22,000
Finalist, The Archibald Prize, 2019
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LORIBELLE SPIROVSKI
Drawing inspiration from artists as varied as Francis Bacon, with his characteristically claustrophobic spatial relationships between figures and their surrounds, David Lynch’s dreamlike surrealism, and Olivier Messiaen’s static musical tones, my own inner conflicts were perhaps the earliest and most formative influences on my art.
In my practice I have found that portraiture enables me to reflect through the sitter, who becomes a conduit for both their own anxieties, as well as mine. My practice is an attempt to externalise internal conflict, contrasting movement and stillness to create an unsettling effect, evoking a surreal and dreamlike quality.
Exhibitions
2021
Works from the Studio, Nanda / Hobbs, Sydney
2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2019
Fantasia, Spoke Art/Paintguide, San Francisco, CA, LA
Mondo Tondo, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Miami Art Fair, Arcadia Contemporary, Miami, FL, USA
Philadelphia Art Fair, Arcadia Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA, USA
LA Art Show, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
'Meet Your Maker', Metro Gallery, Armadale, VIC
'Five and Under', Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA, USA
'Incognito', Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, NSW
'Strangers in a Room', Cambridge Studio Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
'ANON', Goodspace, Sydney, NSW
'Be Still', Guy Hepner Gallery, NYC, USA
'Untitled', Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2017
The Other Art Fair Sydney, Australian Technology Park, Sydney, NSW
'PROXY', Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Practice What You Teach, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW
Metro Gallery, Armadale, VIC
'Emerging', Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Gosford NSW
2016
Summer Show, Metro Gallery, Armadale, VIC
Untitled, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay, NSW
2015
Practice What You Teach, M2 Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW
Selected works, St James Station, Sydney, NSW
Serbian Festival Pop-up Exhibition, Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, NSW
Take Home Archive, Fundraiser 2014, Archive Space, Newtown, NSW
Selected Awards and Prizes
2021
Winner, 'Naked and Nude Art Prize', Manning Regional Gallery, Manning (NSW)
2020
Finalist, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize
2019
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Art Award
Winner, "Art Shed Award" Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
Finalist, Archibald Prize
2018
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Art Award
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize
Finalist, Archibald Prize
Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Exhibition
Finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize
Finalist, Percival Portrait Prize
Finalist, Collie Art Prize
2017
Finalist, 30 x 30 art prize
Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize
Finalist, Portia Geach memorial Award
Finalist, Gosford Art Prize
Finalist, Mosman Art Prize
Finalist, Archibald Prize
Finalist, Agendo Art Prize
Finalist, Waverley Art Prize
Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize
Winner, Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize Finalist, 'Emerging', Gosford Art Prize
Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize
Finalist, (online category) Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award
2016
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2015
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Residencies
2018
Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
Domremy College, Five dock, Sydney
2017
St. Patrick's College, Strathfield, Sydney
'Fairfield AIR', Fairfield City Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2016
'Fresh AIR' NSW Secondary School Artist in Residence Program - Fairvale, Cabramatta, Merrylands, Sydney High Schools
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